AirTask vs AutoRemote Full

[Miles M]

Hey guys,

I have been a long time user of AutoRemote. I love its stability, plus its EventGhost plugin and IFTTT access, allowing my computer, phone, and cloud services to connect through tasker. However I was browsing Marco Stornelli's tasker plugins when I chanced upon his alternative to AR, AirTask. When I searched which one is better for which scenarios, there was 0 discussion over the topic. So lets change that- anybody here is is experienced in AirTask and/or AutoRemote Full, what's your experience with it? If you have used both, which do you prefer?

[technogeezer]

This will not be a popular response but you asked.  ;)

I no longer use AutoRemote because on every device I tried it on, two different tablets and three different phones, the interface between AutoRemote and Tasker drops messages.  AutoRemote's log will show that a message was received but Tasker will miss it completely.

I have no experience with AirTask but if I need the functionality again, I might try it.

HTH

[João Dias]

You might want to try adding both AutoRemote and Tasker to the doze exception list. Unfortunately AutoRemote can't control whether the Android OS delivers its messages to Tasker or not.

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[technogeezer]

Hello, joaomgcd!

Please don't take the following as an attack on you or your fantastic add-ons.  I have purchased several of your Tasker add-ons and use them every day.  Great work!  Great value!  Please think of the following as a discussion between professionals.  I have 40 years of programming experience starting when I built my first computer from chips in 1976.

I programmed Tasker  for various tasks.  Most work perfectly.  Some did not.  Some of the tasks that didn't work were important enough that I downloaded Android Studio and wrote apps for the specific functionality that I couldn't get to work in Tasker.

What I found is that even with Android Studio, the same app did not work the same on all of my devices (two tablets and three phones).  I found the same incorrect behavior in my app as I saw with Tasker.  One app I wrote would work perfectly in the emulator and on my newest phone but not on the rest of my devices.  I thought it might be a version problem but I have verified that that is not the case.

The question is, is there an error in my code or is open-source android so variable from device to device that there is no guarantee of anything working all the time?

$.02

[João Dias]

Yes, there are many instances where the exact same code will work differently on different devices and Android versions :) It's quite challenging sometimes.